Τριτο·γένεια, ας (ἡ) [ῑ] Tritogéneia, ép. d’Athèna, IL. 4, 515 ; 8, 39 ; 23, 183 ; OD. 3, 378 ; HÉS. Th. 895, 924 ; vraisembl. « née de la mer, » (cf. Τρίτων) ; sel. les anc. « née près du lac Tritônis » (v. Τριτωνίς) en Libye, EUR. Ion 872 ; APD. 1, 3, 6 ; ou auprès du ruisseau Tritôn (v. Τρίτων) en Béotie, PAUS. 9, 33, 7 ; ou auprès de la source Tritôn, en Arcadie, PAUS. 8, 26, 6 ; ou « née de la tête (τριτώ = κεφαλή) de Zeus », HH. 28 ; HÉS. Th. 924, etc.

➳ Ion. gén. Τριτογενείης, NONN. D. 5, 343 ; 8, 80, etc. ; dat. -είῃ, NONN. D. 13, 126, etc.

Étym. Τρίτων, γένος.

ἡ, (< γίγνομαι) Trito-born, a name of Athena, Il. 4.515, 8.39, Od. 3.378, Hes. Th. 895, 924, IG 14.1389i i 1. (Variously expld. in antiquity, from the lake Τριτωνίς in Libya, from which an old legend represents the goddess to have been born, E. Ion 872 (anap.), cf. Hdt. 4.180; or from Triton, a torrent in Boeotia, Paus. 9.33.7, cf. Apollod. 1.3.6; or from a spring in Arcadia, Paus. 8.26.6; or from τριτώ, Aeol. word for κεφαλή (Sch. Ar. Nu. 985, Tz. ad Lyc. 519; Athamanian acc. to Nic. (Fr. 145) ap. Hsch.), i.e.
head-born; or, born on the third day of the month, Ister 26 (the 23rd, τρίτῃ φθίνοντος, Sch. BT Il. 8.39); or, the third child after Apollo and Artemis, Suid. s.v. τριτογενής· or, as representing Nature, born thrice in the year, D.S. 1.12; or because she was author of the three main bonds of social life, Democr. 1b, 2.) the Pythagoreans gave the name Ἀθηνᾶ τ. to the equilateral triangle, Plu. 2.381e; cf. τρεῖς, τριάς.